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TransPennine Route Upgrade investment a major boost for passengers and freight

The Government has pledged £3.9 billion for a rail project which will improve connectivity in northern England ...
Monday 4th December 2023
Rail, Response

TransPennine Express moving into government control is a chance to enhance performance levels for passengers

In response to today’s (11 May) decision by the Secretary of State for Transport to bring TransPennine Express into government control under the auspices of the Operator of Last Resort ...
Thursday 11th May 2023
Rail, Response

Transpennine Route Upgrade funding will help project commence at pace

The Government has announced an extra £317m investment into the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) to improve train journeys across the North. There will also be spending from the New Stations Fund to build ...
Wednesday 26th May 2021
Rail, Response

Williams-Shapps review of the railway ‘a major national moment’

The Government has unveiled the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, which includes proposals to create a new body ‘Great British Railways’ to oversee track and train, alongside plans for new service ...
Thursday 20th May 2021
Rail

Work underway to deliver Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade

The next engineering work as part of the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade is set to start in April, with Network Rail revealing that initial work to electrify the line will begin in Manchester ...
Thursday 18th March 2021
Response, Roads

Statutory advice on the Trans Pennine Strategic Road Studies

At the Transport for the North Board meeting on 14 January, Members agreed to write to the Transport Secretary to provide statutory advice on the Trans Pennine Strategic Road Studies ...
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Rail

Northern to launch extended compensation scheme for regular travellers

Transport for the North has been working with Northern to broker a compensation scheme for the worst affected regular travellers who suffered from disruption to their rail travel in the summer of 2018 ...
Monday 24th September 2018
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